The latest Twitter statistics show that Twitters growth last year was over 1,300% with the latest numbers revealed by Twitter at their Chirp conference for developers in April showing Total number of users at 105 million (12 months ago that number was 8 million) Twitter received 180 milli

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- After the recent negative response to an article on small-business lending efforts, we decided to ask a few more industry sources on what is really going on at the big banks. Ami Kassar, CEO of MultiFunding, a broker for small-business loans, says big banks are far from the best place for a small business to get a loan.

Long Beach, NY - Moody's Investors Service has confirmed the Baa3 the rating on the City of Long Beach's (NY) $48.3 million outstanding general obligation debt. Moody's has stated that the City's rating "is no longer under review for downgrade."

"Just when we think the worst is over - and let's face it we have been in this crisis for five years - we get the second half; are the Europeans about to start the second half our Great Depression with massive bank runs" are the Jaws-music-inspired words that recent media-favorite (yes, us too) Niall Ferguson uses in an interview with CBC.

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This column originally appeared on Real Money Pro at 8:12 a.m. EDT on May 9. NEW YORK (Real Money) -- I talked both bonds (sell) and stocks (buy) in last night's segment. Let's go directly to the tape! I continue to view the short bond trade as having a very favorable risk/reward yield.

This column originally appeared on Real Money Pro at 7:58 a.m. EDT on April 27. NEW YORK (Real Money) -- A new development is catching home buyers off guard as the spring sales season gets under way: Bidding wars are back. From California to Florida, many buyers are increasingly competing for the same house.

This column originally appeared on Real Money Pro at 8:39 a.m. EDT on March 28. NEW YORK (Real Money) -- The housing market's shadow inventory of unsold homes is starting to clear, certain areas of the country are experiencing signs of more robust activity, and, despite low levels of new-home production (based on historical data), homebuilders are even regaining pricing power in several geographic regions.